WO2001030174A1 - Confectionery aeration system - Google Patents
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- WO2001030174A1 WO2001030174A1 PCT/GB2000/004008 GB0004008W WO0130174A1 WO 2001030174 A1 WO2001030174 A1 WO 2001030174A1 GB 0004008 W GB0004008 W GB 0004008W WO 0130174 A1 WO0130174 A1 WO 0130174A1
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- confectionery
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A23—FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; TREATMENT THEREOF, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES
- A23G—COCOA; COCOA PRODUCTS, e.g. CHOCOLATE; SUBSTITUTES FOR COCOA OR COCOA PRODUCTS; CONFECTIONERY; CHEWING GUM; ICE-CREAM; PREPARATION THEREOF
- A23G1/00—Cocoa; Cocoa products, e.g. chocolate; Substitutes therefor
- A23G1/04—Apparatus specially adapted for manufacture or treatment of cocoa or cocoa products
- A23G1/10—Mixing apparatus; Roller mills for preparing chocolate
- A23G1/105—Mixing apparatus; Roller mills for preparing chocolate with introduction or production of gas, or under vacuum; Whipping; Manufacture of cellular mass
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A23—FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; TREATMENT THEREOF, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES
- A23P—SHAPING OR WORKING OF FOODSTUFFS, NOT FULLY COVERED BY A SINGLE OTHER SUBCLASS
- A23P30/00—Shaping or working of foodstuffs characterised by the process or apparatus
- A23P30/40—Foaming or whipping
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- This invention relates to confectionery aeration systems for producing an aerated confectionery material, particularly, but not exclusively, aerated chocolate.
- the invention is applicable to the aeration of any material with similar flow characteristics to liquid chocolate, for example pastes, batters, slurries and any similar flowable material where aeration is required.
- a confectionery aeration system comprises a confectionery vessel for holding aerated confectionery material and provided in the lower part thereof with at least one feed outlet for feeding aerated confectionery to a confectionery producing process, a confectionery material re-circulation circuit connecting a re-circulation outlet of the vessel to an inlet of the vessel, the re-circulation circuit comprising an aerator arranged to aerate confectionery material flowing from the re-circulation outlet to the vessel inlet, the vessel inlet being provided with a back-pressure producing means so arranged as to maintain a super-atmospheric pressure in the confectionery material in that part of the re-circulation circuit between the aerator and the vessel inlet, and a supply connection to the re-circulation circuit for feeding fresh confectionery material into the re-circulation circuit upstream of the aerator.
- the fresh confectionery material may contain some excess of the aerated material which preferably has been de-aerated prior to inclusion in the fresh supply.
- the inventive system is capable of providing the confectionery material supplied to the confectionery producing process with a relatively high degree of aeration.
- the inventive system is particularly suitable, but not exclusively, for the production of deposited confectionery material containing microscopic bubbles.
- the vessel may then be constituted by a depositor hopper, the feed outlet of which feeds a plurality of depositor outlets.
- the vessel may, however, be used in conjunction with an existing supply hopper, particularly where the invention is being applied to an existing confectionery process installation the supply hopper of which cannot easily be modified.
- the vessel feed outlet may then be used to supply aerated material to the supply hopper.
- said vessel provides a reservoir of aerated material which is used to replenish the supply hopper.
- the rate of injection of gas into the confectionery material by the aerator is controlled in response to a measure of the density of confectionery material in the supply to the vessel inlet, and preferably a density measuring means is positioned just prior to the back-pressure producing means.
- a pump is provided in the re-circulation circuit between the re-circulation outlet of the vessel and the aerator for pumping material around the re-circulation circuit against the flow resistance of the aerator and the back-pressure created by the back-pressure producing means.
- the supply connection is preferably located on the inlet side of the pump.
- the supply of fresh confectionery material to the supply connection is preferably controlled by the output of a level sensing means responsive to the level of confectionery material in the vessel.
- Figure 1 is a flow diagram of a confectionery depositor system incorporating an aeration system in accordance with the invention.
- Figure 2 is a flow diagram of a modified aeration system in accordance with the invention and suitable for supplying aerated material to the supply hopper of a confectionery process.
- a depositor hopper 1 is of well-known construction, apart from the inlet and outlet connections thereto, the base 2 of the hopper being formed with a plurality of hopper outlets 3 controlled by respective plungers, not shown, which feed respective depositor heads in known manner.
- the depositor hopper 1 contains chocolate, or some other confectionery material, the level of the upper surface of the chocolate being sensed by a level probe 4.
- the signal from level probe 4 is used to control a control means such as a solenoid- operated supply valve 5 which controls the supply 6 of fresh chocolate from a temperer, not shown, into a re-circulation circuit 7.
- the re-circulation circuit 7 extends from a re-circulation outlet 8 of the hopper 1 to a hopper inlet 9, the inlet 9 leading into the upper part of the hopper 1 , whereas the re-circulation outlet 8 leaves from the mid-height of the hopper 1 .
- the hopper inlet 9 is provided with a back-pressure producing means such as a restrictor valve 10, which is conveniently located within the upper part of hopper 1.
- the re-circulation circuit 7 incorporates a pump 11 and an aerator 12.
- the pump inlet 13 is connected by a Y-connection 14 freely with the re- circulation outlet 8 and with the outlet 24 of solenoid valve 5.
- Pump 11 operates continuously both to recirculate chocolate from the hopper 1 around the circuit 7 so that the chocolate is recirculated through aerator 7, and to pump fresh material to the hopper 1 from supply 6 under the control of valve 5.
- the aerator 12 is preferably an aerating head of the kind in which after injection of gas into the confectionery material, the confectionery material is subjected to shearing forces in order to reduce bubble size.
- the pressure of the chocolate in the re-circulation circuit between the aerator and the inlet 9 is preferably arranged to be substantially in the range 2 to 10 atmospheres, above atmospheric pressure, and preferably substantially in the range 3 to 6 atmospheres above atmospheric pressure.
- Aerator 12 is fed with nitrogen or other suitable gas and the amount of gas injected into the chocolate by aerator 12 is controlled in response to the output of a density meter 15 which measures the density of the aerated chocolate just prior to the chocolate being fed to the hopper inlet 9.
- the device 15 is typically of the vibrating tube type, and for example suitable units are those available from PAAR Scientific Limited, 594 Springfield Road, Raynes Park, London SW20 8DN under designation DPR Density meter.
- the aerator 12 will inject gas bubbles into fresh chocolate being fed from supply 6 and will also provide further aeration of chocolate being recirculated from the hopper 1 , thereby maintaining aeration of the chocolate in hopper 1 which supplies the hopper outlets 3.
- a re-circulation circuit 7 containing aerator 12 enables a relatively high degree of aeration to be maintained throughout the hopper 1 and thus in the chocolate delivered by hopper outlets 3, and also progressively reduces the size of the bubbles in the recirculated chocolate, thereby improving the appearance of the deposited material.
- the back-pressure-reducing valve can be any suitable form of flow- restrictor and may be controllable to adjust the back-pressure.
- FIG 2 shows an application of the invention to feed aerated chocolate to- an existing hopper 16 of a chocolate handling machine, such as moulding or dipping machines. It may not be practical or economically feasible to replace the existing hopper 16 of the chocolate handling machine with a hopper of the form of the hopper 1 of Figure 1 , but a supplementary vessel 1 ' can usually be accommodated, the re-circulation circuit 7 connecting with the vessel 1 ' in order to maintain a reservoir of aerated chocolate which is used to feed the hopper 16 by way of vessel outlet 17.
- Vessel 1 ' is preferably stirred.
- Hopper 16 is provided in its base with one or more hopper outlets 18 which can be used, for example, to supply flowable aerated material to a plurality of depositor outlets, or to a dipping machine of the type used in ice cream manufacture.
- level control may be used to maintain the aerated chocolate in vessel 1 * at a desired level, and a weir 19 is shown in Figure 2 for that purpose, a pump 20 being provided to return excess chocolate from weir 9 via a return pipe 25 to the tempering unit, not shown by way of a de-aerator, not shown.
- a valve 21 controls the supply of aerated chocolate from the outlet of vessel 1 ' to the hopper 16, the valve 21 being controlled by a level sensor 22 in hopper 16.
- a back-pressure producing means 10 has been provided on the main hopper inlet 9.
- a separate back-pressure producing means may be required on the output 26 of the density meter, depending upon the flow resistance associated with the density meter itself.
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Priority Applications (9)
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DK00969680T DK1221862T3 (da) | 1999-10-22 | 2000-10-19 | Luftningssystem til konfiture |
AT00969680T ATE241281T1 (de) | 1999-10-22 | 2000-10-19 | Belüftungssystem für konditorwaren |
DE60003056T DE60003056T2 (de) | 1999-10-22 | 2000-10-19 | Belüftungssystem für konditorwaren |
JP2001532608A JP2003512065A (ja) | 1999-10-22 | 2000-10-19 | 製菓用エアレーション装置 |
EP00969680A EP1221862B1 (en) | 1999-10-22 | 2000-10-19 | Confectionery aeration system |
BR0014944-6A BR0014944A (pt) | 1999-10-22 | 2000-10-19 | Sistema de aeração de artigos de confeitaria |
AU79336/00A AU778660B2 (en) | 1999-10-22 | 2000-10-19 | Confectionery aeration system |
CA002387636A CA2387636A1 (en) | 1999-10-22 | 2000-10-19 | Confectionery aeration system |
US10/122,895 US6983683B2 (en) | 1999-10-22 | 2002-04-15 | Confectionery aeration system |
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GB0017166A GB0017166D0 (en) | 2000-07-13 | 2000-07-13 | Confectionery aeration system |
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US (1) | US6983683B2 (pt) |
EP (1) | EP1221862B1 (pt) |
JP (1) | JP2003512065A (pt) |
CN (1) | CN1382020A (pt) |
AT (1) | ATE241281T1 (pt) |
AU (1) | AU778660B2 (pt) |
BR (1) | BR0014944A (pt) |
CA (1) | CA2387636A1 (pt) |
DE (1) | DE60003056T2 (pt) |
DK (1) | DK1221862T3 (pt) |
ES (1) | ES2199870T3 (pt) |
RU (1) | RU2002113369A (pt) |
WO (1) | WO2001030174A1 (pt) |
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CN1382020A (zh) | 2002-11-27 |
DK1221862T3 (da) | 2003-09-29 |
BR0014944A (pt) | 2002-06-18 |
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